The Constitution

 

2024 Constitution

At a Special General Meeting held on Sunday 26 May 2024 the Members decided to amend the Constitution:

  1. Remove eligibility criteria from the Constitution “…for a total of 25 years or more…” with all eligibility criteria to be set by the Committe.
  2. Change the legal name of the club in the Constitution to “IBM AlumniAustralia Inc.”

The revised Constitution was submitted to Consumer Affairs Victoria on 30 May 2024 and was approved by them on the same day.

The approved Constitution is available for viewing/download (29 pages) here: 2024 Constitution

The new Certificate of Incorporation can be viewed here: 

2018 Constitution

At the AGM held on Sunday 22 July 2018 the Members decided that:

  1. The Club should become an Incorporated Association.
  2. The name of the Incorporated Association will be:
    “IBM Quarter Century Club of Victoria Incorporated”
  3. The Statement of Purpose will be:
    “The purposes of the association are—to foster communication, companionship, and friendship among the community of current and former employees of the IBM Corporation or its subsidiaries who have been employed by those entities for a total of 25 years or more as well as surviving partners.”
  4. The Model Rules be adopted.
  5. The Secretary, Judy Horman, is authorised to lodge the application with Consumer Affairs Victoria for the IBM Quarter Century Club of Victoria to become an Incorporated Association.

The application was submitted to Consumer Affairs Victoria on 23 July 2018 and was approved by them on 23 July 2018.

The approved Constitution is available for viewing/download (29 pages) here: 2018 Constitution

Model Rules

The Model Rules from the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 (25 pages) are available for viewing or download here: Model rules for an incorporated association

The Act

The Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 (218 pages) is available for viewing or download here: Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012

 
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